"prevaricar" meaning in Spanish

See prevaricar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pɾebaɾiˈkaɾ/, [pɾe.β̞a.ɾiˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ Etymology: From Latin praevāricārī. Cognate with English prevaricate. Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|praevāricor|praevāricārī}} Latin praevāricārī, {{cog|en|prevaricate}} English prevaricate Head templates: {{es-verb}} prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariqué, past participle prevaricado) Inflection templates: {{es-conj|nocomb=1}} Forms: prevarico [first-person, present, singular], prevariqué [first-person, preterite, singular], prevaricado [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], prevaricar [infinitive], prevaricando [gerund], prevaricado [masculine, participle, past, singular], prevaricada [feminine, participle, past, singular], prevaricados [masculine, participle, past, plural], prevaricadas [feminine, participle, past, plural], prevarico [first-person, indicative, present, singular], prevaricas [indicative, informal, present, second-person, singular], prevaricás [indicative, informal, present, second-person, singular, vos-form], prevarica [indicative, present, singular, third-person], prevaricamos [first-person, indicative, plural, present], prevaricáis [indicative, plural, present, second-person], prevarican [indicative, plural, present, third-person], prevaricaba [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], prevaricabas [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], prevaricaba [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], prevaricábamos [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], prevaricabais [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], prevaricaban [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], prevariqué [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], prevaricaste [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], prevaricó [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], prevaricamos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], prevaricasteis [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], prevaricaron [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], prevaricaré [first-person, future, indicative, singular], prevaricarás [future, indicative, second-person, singular], prevaricará [future, indicative, singular, third-person], prevaricaremos [first-person, future, indicative, plural], prevaricaréis [future, indicative, plural, second-person], prevaricarán [future, indicative, plural, third-person], prevaricaría [conditional, first-person, indicative, singular], prevaricarías [conditional, indicative, second-person, singular], prevaricaría [conditional, indicative, singular, third-person], prevaricaríamos [conditional, first-person, indicative, plural], prevaricaríais [conditional, indicative, plural, second-person], prevaricarían [conditional, indicative, plural, third-person], prevarique [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], prevariques [informal, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], prevariqués [informal, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive, vos-form], prevarique [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], prevariquemos [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], prevariquéis [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], prevariquen [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], prevaricara [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], prevaricaras [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], prevaricara [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], prevaricáramos [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], prevaricarais [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], prevaricaran [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], prevaricase [first-person, imperfect, imperfect-se, singular, subjunctive], prevaricases [imperfect, imperfect-se, second-person, singular, subjunctive], prevaricase [imperfect, imperfect-se, singular, subjunctive, third-person], prevaricásemos [first-person, imperfect, imperfect-se, plural, subjunctive], prevaricaseis [imperfect, imperfect-se, plural, second-person, subjunctive], prevaricasen [imperfect, imperfect-se, plural, subjunctive, third-person], prevaricare [first-person, future, singular, subjunctive], prevaricares [future, second-person, singular, subjunctive], prevaricare [future, singular, subjunctive, third-person], prevaricáremos [first-person, future, plural, subjunctive], prevaricareis [future, plural, second-person, subjunctive], prevaricaren [future, plural, subjunctive, third-person], prevarica [imperative, informal, second-person, singular], prevaricá [imperative, informal, second-person, singular, vos-form], prevarique [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], prevarique [imperative, singular, third-person], prevariquemos [first-person, imperative, plural], prevaricad [imperative, plural, second-person], prevariquen [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], prevariquen [imperative, plural, third-person], prevariques [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], prevarique [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], prevarique [imperative, negative, singular, third-person], prevariquemos [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], prevariquéis [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], prevariquen [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], prevariquen [imperative, negative, plural, third-person]
  1. to prevaricate Synonyms: andarse con rodeos, andarse por las ramas, tergiversar
    Sense id: en-prevaricar-es-verb-r2nxkikQ
  2. (law) to commit perjury
    Sense id: en-prevaricar-es-verb-Sq7CDl9U Categories (other): Law Topics: law
  3. to fall short performing, or to neglect, one's duties
    Sense id: en-prevaricar-es-verb-O52Y5jC6 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish verbs ending in -ar, Spanish verbs with c-qu alternation Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 27 29 5 12 2 2 2 4 14 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 25 6 16 1 1 1 3 20 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 67 18 Disambiguation of Spanish verbs ending in -ar: 11 11 52 26 Disambiguation of Spanish verbs with c-qu alternation: 12 15 44 29
  4. (colloquial) to go mad Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-prevaricar-es-verb-m-bcdNlF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: prevaricación

Inflected forms

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    ],
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      "prevaricate",
      "prevaricate#English"
    ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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        "subjunctive"
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "prevaricara",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "prevaricáramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prevaricásemos",
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        "imperfect",
        "imperfect-se",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "prevaricaseis",
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "prevaricasen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect-se",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prevaricare",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "prevaricares",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prevaricare",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "prevaricáremos",
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        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "prevaricareis",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prevaricaren",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prevarica",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "informal",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prevaricá",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "vos-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "prevarique",
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    },
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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    "pre‧va‧ri‧car"
  ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to go mad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾebaɾiˈkaɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɾe.β̞a.ɾiˈkaɾ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prevaricar"
}

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